Live: Bristol City Council cabinet to discuss £5million housing fund for homeless families

Live: Bristol City Council cabinet to discuss £5million housing fund for homeless families

Bristol City Council will today decide whether to approve a £5million scheme to help house homeless families.

The ruling will be taken at a cabinet meeting in City Hall which will take place from 4pm.

Other items on the agenda include the leasing of offices at 100 Temple way, the street lighting contract and a budget update.

The meeting will be chaired by Bristol Mayor, Marvin Rees, and is scheduled to include:

Craig Cheney, Deputy Mayor for finance, governance and performance

Asher Craig, deputy mayor for communities events and equalities

Helen Godwin cabinet lead for children and young people

Nicola Beech cabinet lead for strategic planning and city design

Fi Hance cabinet lead for energy, waste and regulatory services

Claire Hiscott cabinet lead for education and skills

Helen Holland cabinet lead for adult social care

Paul Smith cabinet lead for housing

Mhairi Threlfall cabinet lead for transport and connectivity

We will be live blogging from the meeting, so stick with us for all the latest details.

16:37

Thank you and goodnight

Thanks for sticking with me and I will be back with live coverage from the next Bristol City Council meeting.

16:36

And that's it

Well, that must have been one of the shortest cabinet meetings I have ever been to.

Proceedings have now been wrapped up after just 36 minutes.

16:35

£5million housing for homeless families

The £5million grant to buy up to 30 homes for homeless families has been approved.

16:34

A "bear trap"

Councillor Cheney said it would have been a “bear trap” for Conservative ministers to attend the green paper launch.

16:34

Councillor Clive Stevens asks about the Green Paper

Green councillor, Clive Stevens, has asked about the lack of Conservative ministers at the submission of the Green Paper.

In a prepared statement ready by councillor Cheney, Marvin Rees said he was “disappointed” by the lack of engagement by central government.

He added: “This is the start of the process to get more funding”.

16:29

Street lighting report approved

The street lighting extension has been approved.

16:29

Street lighting

The council is looking to extend its current street light contract for 10 months.

the council is looking to award a new contract next year after it has made a record of it’s street lighting assets.

16:27

Budget increase approved

The £1.6million increase to costs to 100 Temple Street have been approved.

16:26

100 Temple Street

The council is looking to sign off a £1.6million increase to renovation works to its offices at 100 Street.

The council set aside £1.7million in January, but costs have since gone up.

16:25

Report approved

The enterprise support scheme has been approved by cabinet.

16:24

Enterprise support scheme

This retrospective proposal which will see the council match fund with other local authorities, The Princes Trust and YTKO to help support disadvantaged people start businesses and charities. It will be delivered by Business West.

16:21

Three council officers are going to get paid to record the Bristol dialect

Bristol has been chosen as one of ten ‘regional hubs’ to record more than 5,000 unique sounds from around the South West.

Labour’s Asher Craig has told the chamber this will include “regional dialects, oral history, music and vanishing wildlife sounds.”

The council will get funding for three staff to work over three years on the digital scheme.

Interesting video made by Korean man about Bristol's dialects

And yes, we know that Korean chap had it wrong. ‘Ark doesn’t mean ‘look’, but listen...

16:19

Sound heritage report approved

The sound heritage report has been approved by the cabinet.

16:19

Unlocking sound heritage report

Unlocking sound heritage report - Bristol has been chosen as one of ten “regional hubs” to record more than 5,000 unique sounds from around the South West.

Labour’s Asher Craig has told the chamber this will include “regional dialects, oral history, music and vanishing wildlife sounds.”

The council will get funding for three staff to work over three years on the digital scheme.

16:14

The report has been passed

The report has been recognised and all recommendations approved.

16:13

The report

The report recommends that school admissions are reviewed every year by the council, that the council records the number of children eligible for the pupil premium and that head teachers and principals to prioritise admissions for children eligible for the public premium.

16:10Esme Ashcroft

First up

The first item on the agenda is school admissions.

Councillor Brenda Massey is presenting the report which was launched after councillors were made aware of the ‘perception’ that parents in some areas of the city are disadvantaged when submitting school applications.

16:06Esme Ashcroft

No Marvin

Bristol Mayor, Marvin Rees, is not at today’s meeting.

It is instead being chaired by Craig Cheney, Deputy Mayor for finance, governance and performance.